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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 9m

2/ Of course, Putin started his career as a Communist Party member & KGB officer. The Soviet regime was already deeply corrupt & Putin was instrumental in ensuring that his KGB cronies took control of state assets when it collapsed - as detailed in Catherine Belton's excellent Putin's People.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 3h

A reminder that this week the Conservatives announced they want a “British ICE”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 2h

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.

An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2h

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1h

The Daily Express doesn't know the difference between "principals" & "principles".

And its political illiteracy is even worse. Putin is nothing to do with communism - he presides over a gangster capitalist kleptocracy.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1h

2/ As @rafaelbehr.bsky.social points out, Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism, and the Tory Party is now a holding pen for future Reform candidates.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1h

Another benefit of Brexit ... the UK has returned to its traditional role as the dirty man of Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1h

20 Tory councillors defect to Reform.

Imagine defecting to a party reeking of racism, Russian money, fraud & Trump-style fascism. As if there weren't enough of that in the Tory Party.
news.sky.com/story/sixtee...

Twenty Tory councillors defect to Reform - as Badenoch insists party having 'good conference'

The defections come a day after a Sky News/YouGov poll found half of Tory members think Kemi Badenoch should not lead the party into the next election.

news.sky.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 10h

Unlike Jenrick & Badenoch, Heseltine has no wish to preside over the smoking, toxic ruins of the Conservative Party. This means he's able to tell the truth about Farage & Reform with no fear that this alienate puce-faced racists in golf-club blazers.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17h

Michael Heseltine tells @europeanmovement.co.uk event that the Farage's Reform and European populist far right parties are “equivalents to the fascists of the thirties” and adds: ”We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. We don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near No.10.” ~AA 🔥

Robert Peston
@Peston
Heseltine has just addressed a packed meeting of the European Movement at Tory conference. He does not show the restraint of most party leaders in his critique of Farage and Reform: “right wing equivalents to the fascists of the thirties are back on the march: Le Pen in France, AfD in Germany, Fdl in Italy, Vox in Spain and conspicuously Reform in this country. Much of President Trump's language in America coincides with words here in Europe. The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem which needs a solution although recent events here have cast a dark shadow…We must make clear that we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Nigel Farage. We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. we don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near Number 10.”
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 16h

Trump, Miller and Hegseth want a regime-change war with Venezuela for 2 reasons:

1) A foreign war will help the onward march of fascism in the US. Fascism & war are inextricably linked.

2) Venezuela has vast oil & gas reserves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’

Allies of President Nicolás Maduro vow to resist any military intervention but experts suspect Venezuela’s leaders were rattled by Trump’s decision to bomb Iran

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20h

There's nothing "un-British" about protesting genocide. Britain fought a war against genocidal fascists between 1939 & 1945.

And there's nothing "antisemitic" about doing this on 7 October. Conflating opposition to genocide with antisemitism & terrorism is irresponsible & dangerous.

Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 1d

This 'un-British' vibe is really beginning to piss me off

I'm being gas lit by my own Govt and I'm really not happy about it

Labour are seemingly happy to drift into the authoritarian arena daily

BBC News - Starmer urges students not to protest on 7 October
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October

The prime minister says it is "un-British" to hold pro-Palestinian protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's attacks on Israel.

www.bbc.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts."

On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield illuminatingly explains the ruling and what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Trump’s Own Tweet on Portland Backfires as Judge Deals Him Harsh Loss

As a judge’s blunt ruling blocks Trump from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon’s Attorney General tells us in an interview that Trump’s lawless threats are working against him—and discusses what com...

newrepublic.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 21h

Former head of Russia's Pravda publishing house dies after "fall" from 7th-floor window.

A journalist who knew Leontyev said he "knew a lot about the [Communist] party’s money.”

Much of which was stolen by Putin's crony kleptocrats. www.newsweek.com/former-russi...

Former Russian newspaper publisher dies after falling from window: reports

Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, the head of the Pravda publishing house, has been found dead in Moscow.

www.newsweek.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 22h

Multi-millionaire Robert Jenrick has several high-value properties. His main home is a manor in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the last census.

Strangely, this lack of integration seems to have escaped his attention.

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Dom White @domw.bsky.social · 23h

"We want people to be living in mixed communities, don't we?"

Robert Jenrick's home is in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the time of the last census.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23h

Two years on, we remember the horrific events of 7 October.

We call today, and every day, for an end to the violence.

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing lots of this tonight after that party political broadcast.

The Green Party are on track to overtake the Tories in membership.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 1d

Did a thing.

A screenshot of an email welcoming me to the Green Party after I signed up to become a member

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Not a fan of Elon Musk or any of his works, but have to admit Grok has summarised @zackpolanski.bsky.social's party political broadcast for the @greenparty.org.uk, and reactions to it, pretty fairly.

#WealthTax #inequality #GreenParty #Hope

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Green Party political broadcast dropped earlier this evening:

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Choose hope here: join.greenparty.org.uk

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

The line being spun by leading Tories at their conference is that Reform is "well to the left of Corbyn" on economic policy.

Hard to tell if they're so dim that they actually believe this or so contemptuous of people's' intelligence that they think voters will believe it.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously *nothing* fishy about the financial relationship between Nigel Farage & his close friend George Cottrell (convicted fraudster & author of "How to Launder Money").

I'm sure they're both "honest as the day is long", as Farage said of his chum Nathan Gill. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Some journalists have left the BBC because they can't stomach the editorial interference from Robbie Gibb (and others). I respect their decision but I also respect those who have stayed on to try and change things for the better.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza

Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

2/ BTW, I'm a staunch supporter of the BBC - it has many excellent journalists & much of its factual output is extremely good.

Which makes me all the more angry that a man like Robbie Gibb has done so much damage to its mission to provide fair & unbiased coverage.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

In other news, Robbie Gibb, former spin doctor for a Tory PM, former editorial adviser to GB News, & leader of the consortium that bought the Jewish Chronicle in 2020, is still responsible for "upholding the editorial independence of the BBC".

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

#StandWithUkraine - the message getting out @greenparty.org.uk conference. Expect to hear more from me on this in coming days

Leaflet - donate to help protect civisls near Ukraine's front lines

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